Where is the Global SuperTanker? Sacramento

by NBC 16

FILE - This May 5, 2016, file photo provided by Global Supertanker Services shows a Boeing 747 making a demonstration water drop at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo. The giant passenger jet converted to fight wildfires but grounded by U.S. officials during much of this year's fire season could be aloft much more next year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, sided with Global SuperTanker Services in its protest against the U.S. Forest Service. The Colorado-based company challenged the Forest Service's 5,000-gallon (19,000-liter) limit on air tankers that kept the 19,000-gallon (72,000-liter) Boeing 747-400 idle until late August. After that it flew only in California. (Hiroshi Ando/Global Super Tanker Services LLC via AP, File)

EUGENE, Ore. - As fires rage out of control in Oregon, several people have asked:

"That's an option for the incident commander, depending on the landscape, the smoke conditions, the wind - all those come into play," said Doug Grafe with the Oregon Department of Forestry. "Timing is important for those large air tankers."